Topic outline

  • September 29 - October 17, 2025: Foundations

    • September 29, 2025, 9:30-12:30 Introduction/Overview

      • Instructor: Dan Heller

        Teaching Fellow: Christian Figueroa-Espada

      • Topic Syllabus File

        Please review prior to class.

      • Slides File

        For lecture

    • September 30, 2025, 9:30-12:30 Pharmacokinetics/Pharmacodynamics; Tours 2:00-3:00

      • Lead Instructor: Stephen Harnicar 

        Session 1: Pharmacokinetics (Ray DeMatteo)

        Session 2: Pharmacodynamics (Lane Nguyen)

        Teaching Fellow: Christian Figueroa-Espada

      • Lecture Slides - Ray DeMatteo File

        Pharmacokinetics 

      • Lecture slides - Lane Nguyen File

        Pharmacodynamics 

      • Afternoon Tours from 3:00-4:00 - Please note change in time!

        Please meet in the Koch Lobby 10 minutes prior to tour time; Omair Jamil will conduct tours.

        530 E 74th St, New York, NY 10021

        Shelby Cherkas

        Sylvia Illouz

        Bailey Levin

        Adithya Prabakaran

        Christina Ta

        Stephanie Tarrab

      • Topic Syllabus File

        Please review prior to class.

    • October 1, 2025, 9:30-12:30 Drug Transporters and Drug Interactions/Pharmacogenomics

    • October 2, 2025, 9:30-11:00 Global Oncology Disparities: Leveraging Technology to Improve Cancer Outcomes in Low and Middle Income Countries; Afternoon Pharmacology Tours 1:00-2:00

      • Instructor: Peter Kingham

        Teaching Fellow: Christian Figueroa-Espada

      • Discussion Paper File

        For whole class to read and be prepared to discuss.

      • Topic Syllabus File

        Please review prior to class.

      • Afternoon Tours for Pharmacology from 1:00-2:00

        Please meet in the Koch Lobby 10 minutes prior to tour time; Rob Lewis will conduct tours.

        530 E 74th St, New York, NY 10021

        Olivia Hanselman

        Matthew Lange

        Ana Marie Perea del Angel


      • Lecture Slides File

    • October 3, 2025, 9:30-12:30 Mass Spectrometry and Applications

    • October 6, 2025, 9:30-12:30 Antibody Therapeutics

      • Instructor: David Scheinberg

        Teaching Fellow: Christian Figueroa-Espada

      • Paper 1 File

        Please read prior to class.

      • Paper 2 File

        Please read prior to class.

      • Paper 3 File

        Please read prior to class.

      • Topic Syllabus File

        Please review prior to class.

      • Lecture Slides File

    • October 7, 2025, 9:30-12:30 Nanotechnology Principles and Instrumentation

      • Instructor: Christian Figueroa-Espada


      • Discussion Paper File

        Student Presenter: Prabakaran, Adithya

      • Lecture Slides File

    • October 8, 2025, 9:30-12:30 Early and Late Drug Development

      • Instructor: Peter Meinke (9:30am – 11:00am) - Early Drug Development

        Instructor: Elisa DeStanchina (11:15am – 12:30pm) - Late Drug Development

        Teaching Fellow: Christian Figueroa-Espada

      • Lecture Slides Meinke File
      • Lecture Slides - de Stanchina File

    • October 9, 2025, 9:30-12:30 Bioengineering Facility Tour

      • Instructor: Paul Frisch and Paul Booth

        Teaching Fellow: Christian Figueroa-Espada

      • Meet at 9:30 in Z138.  There will be introductory lecture and then tour of different facilities.

    • October 10, 2025, 9:30 - 11:00 Clinical Research at MSK/11:15-12:15 Early-Phase Clinical Drug Development

      • Instructor: Paul Sabatini (9:30-11:00): Clinical Research at MSK

        Instructor: Alex Drilon (11:15-12:15): Early-Phase Clinical Drug Development

        Teaching Fellow: Christian Figueroa-Espada

      • Lecture Slides File

    • October 14, 2025, 9:30-12:30 Drug Delivery

      • Instructor: Magdalini Panagiotakopoulos

        Teaching Fellow: Christian Figueroa-Espada

      • Discussion Paper File

        Student Presenter: Ta, Christina

      • Required Review Paper File

        Student Presenter: Ta, Christina

      • Topic Syllabus File

        Please review prior to class.

      • Lecture Slides File

    • October 14, 2025, 1:30-4:30 Fabrication and Fluidics

      • Instructor: Magdalini Panagiotakopoulos

        Teaching Fellow: Christian Figueroa-Espada

      • Discussion Paper File

        Student Presenter: Cherkas, Shelby

      • Topic Syllabus File

        Please review prior to class.

      • Lecture Slides File

    • October 15, 2025, 9:30-12:30 Interaction of Nanoparticles with their Surroundings

      • Instructor: Jan Grimm

        Teaching Fellow: Christian Figueroa-Espada

      • Discussion Paper File

        Student Presenter: Hanselman, Olivia

      • Slides File

    • October 16, 2025, 9:00-12:00 Biomarkers

      • Instructor: Lauren McVoy, Kazunori Murata and Shelby Hutcherson

        Teaching Fellow: Christian Figueroa-Espada


      • Tours and Case Study

        Tour of CLM 

        Class will be held at 327 E64th, 6th floor

      • Topic Syllabus File

        Please review prior to class.

    • October 17, 2025, 10:00-12:00 Laboratory Diagnostics

      • Instructors: Sam McCash, Maly Fenelus and Adrianna Herskovitz,

        Teaching Fellow: Christian Figueroa-Espada

      • Tours and Case Study

        Tour of CLM 

        Class will be held at 327 E64th, 6th floor

      • Topic Syllabus File

        Please review prior to class.

  • October 20 - November 7, 2025: Imaging

    • October 20, 2025, 9:30-12:30 Introduction to Optical and Acoustic Imaging 1

      • Instructor: Ross Boltyanskiy

        Teaching Fellow: Ross Boltyanskiy

      • Topic Syllbus File

        Please review prior to class.

      • Slides File

    • October 21, 2025, 9:30-12:30 Introduction to Optical and Acoustic Imaging 2

      • Instructor: Ross Boltyanskiy

        Teaching Fellow: Ross Boltyanskiy

      • Topic Syllabus File

        Please review prior to class.

      • Slides File

    • October 22, 2025, 9:30-12:30 Optical Imaging

      • Instructor: Jan Grimm

        Teaching Fellow: Ross Boltyanskiy

      • Discussion Paper File

        Student Presenter: Tarrab, Stephanie

      • Slides File

    • October 23, 2025, 9:30-12:30 Advanced Light Microscopy

      • Instructor: Alexandros Pertsinidis

        Teaching Fellow: Ross Boltyanskiy

      • It would be great if the students can discuss how these two methods extend beyond "conventional" localization methods, and how they extract more information from each detected photon. Also, would be good to discuss how the two techniques (MINFLUX vs. MINSTED) compare with each other.

      • Discussion Paper 1 File

        Student Presenter: Illouz, Sylvia

      • Discussion Paper 2 File

        Student Presenter: Matthew Lange

      • Review Paper File
      • Slides File
      • Slides 2 File

    • October 24, 2025, 9:30-12:30 Image Analysis 1

      • Instructor: Zhirong Bao and Anthony Santella

        Teaching Fellow: Ross Boltyanskiy

      • Topic Syllabus File

        Please review prior to class.

      • Slides File

    • October 27, 2025, 9:30-12:30 Image Analysis 2

      • Instructor: Zhirong Bao and Anthony Santella

        Teaching Fellow: Ross Boltyanskiy

        Hands-on Image Analysis Lab


    • October 28, 2025, 9:30-12:30 Introduction to Nuclear Imaging 1

      • Instructor: Ross Boltyanskiy

        Teaching Fellow: Ross Boltyanskiy

      • Topic Syllabus File
        Please review prior to class.
      • Slides File

    • October 29, 2025, 9:30-12:30 Introduction to Nuclear Imaging 2

      • Instructor: Ross Boltyanskiy

        Teaching Fellow: Ross Boltyanskiy

      • Discussion Paper File

        Student Presenter: Levin, Bailey

      • Topic Syllabus File

        Please review prior to class.

      • Slides File

    • October 30, 2025, 9:30-12:30 Theranostic and Clinical Translational of Agents

      • Instructor: Jason Lewis and Serge Lyaschenko

        Teaching Fellow: Ross Boltyanskiy

      • Discussion Paper File

        Student Presenter: Perea del Angel, Ana

      • Review Paper File

        Student Presenter: Perea del Angel, Ana

      • Topic Syllabus File

        Please review prior to class.

      • Slides File

    • October 31, 2025, 9:30-12:30 Advanced Concepts in PET

      • Instructor: Jason Lewis

        Teaching Fellow: Ross Boltyanskiy

      • Discussion Paper File

        Student Presenter: Prabakaran, Adithya

        Please note - review article is: Emerging Radiopharmaceuticals in Clinical Oncology in “Nuclear Oncology – Pathophysiology and Clinical Applications - 3rd Edition”, Eds. Volterrani D, Erba PA, Strauss HW, Mariani G, Larson SM. Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-26067-9, 169-216, 2022.

      • Topic Syllabus File

        Please review prior to class.

    • November 3, 2025, 9:30-12:30 Introduction to Magnetic Resonance Imaging 1

      • Instructor: Ross Boltyanskiy

        Teaching Fellow: Ross Boltyanskiy

      • Topic Syllabus File

        Please review prior to class.

      • Slides File

    • November 4, 2025, 9:30-12:30 Introduction to Magnetic Resonance Imaging 2 + Practical MRI Using in Class System

      • Instructor: Ross Boltyanskiy

        Teaching Fellow: Ross Boltyanskiy and Roberta Pigliapochi

      • Topic Syllabus File

        Please review prior to class.

    • November 5, 2025, 9:30-12:30 Advanced MRI Contract Mechanisms

      • Instructor: Kayvan Keshari

        Teaching Fellow: Ross Boltyanskiy

      • Discussion Paper 1 File

        Student Presenter 1: Ta, Christina

      • Discussion Paper 2 File

        Student Presenter 2: Tarrab, Stephanie

      • Review Paper File

        Student presenters: Ta, Christina; Tarrab, Stephanie

      • Topic Syllabus File

        Please review prior to class.

      • Slides File

    • November 6, 2025, 9:30-12:30 Advanced MRI Acquisition and Reconstruction

      • Instructor: Ricardo Otazo

        Teaching Fellow: Ross Boltyanskiy

      • Discussion Paper File

        All students should read the paper and be prepared to engage in discussion of the paper.

      • Slides File

    • November 7, 2025, 9:30-12:30 Clinical Imaging

      • Instructor: Hedi Hricak

        Teaching Fellow: Ross Boltyanskiy

      • Discussion Paper File

        Student Presenter: Cherkas, Shelby

      • Background Paper 1 File

        Student Presenter: Cherkas, Shelby

      • Background Paper 2 File

        Student Presenter: Cherkas, Shelby

      • Topic Syllabus File

        Please review prior to class.

  • November 10 - December 5, 2025: Genetic Engineering

    • November 10, 2025, 9:30-12:30 Introduction to Genetic Engineering 1

      • Instructor: Inbal Caspi

        Teaching Fellow: Inbal Caspi


      • Slides File

    • November 11, 2025, 9:30-12:30 Introduction to Genetic Engineering 2

      • Instructor: Inbal Caspi

        Teaching Fellow: Inbal Caspi

      • Discussion Paper File

        Student Presenter: Hanselman, Olivia

      • Background Paper File

        Student Presenter: Hanselman, Olivia

      • Topic Syllabus File

        Please review prior to class.

      • Slides File

    • November 12, 2025, 9:30-12:30 Deep Dive into Tools for Genetic Engineering CRISPR/CAS9, ZFN and TALEN

      • Instructor: Junhong Choi

        Teaching Fellow: Inbal Caspi

        CLASS WILL BE HELD IN Z679 - THE FISHBOWL IN THE OSET SUITE.


      • Discussion Paper File

        Student Presenter: Illouz, Sylvia

      • Review Paper 1 File

        Student Presenter: Illouz, Sylvia

      • Review Paper 2 File

        Student Presenter: Illouz, Sylvia

      • Topic Syllabus File

        Please review prior to class.

      • Slides File

    • November 13, 2025, 9:30-12:30 Transgenic Animal Models

      • Instructor: Andrea Ventura

        Teaching Fellow: Inbal Caspi

      • Topic Syllabus File

        Please review prior to class.

      • Slides File

    • November 14, 2025, 9:30-12:30 Somatic Genome Editing and Chromosomal Engineering

      • Instructor: Andrea Ventura

        Teaching Fellow: Inbal Caspi

      • Topic Syllabus File

        Please review prior to class.

    • November 17, 2025, 9:30-12:30 Computational Analysis of Genetic Screens

      • Instructor: Thomas Norman

        Teaching Fellow: Roberta Pigliapochi

      • Discussion Paper File

        Student Presenter: Lange, Matthew

      • Review Paper File

        Student Presenter: Lange, Matthew

      • Topic Syllabus File

        Please review prior to class.

      • Slides File

    • November 18, 2025, 9:30-12:30 Engineering Stem Cell Models of Human Biology

      • Instructor: Inbal Caspi

        Teaching Fellow: Inbal Caspi

      • Topic Syllabus File
      • Slides File

    • November 18, 2025, 1:30-4:30 Multicellular Platforms from Organoids to Tissue Biology

      • Instructor: Joo-Hyeon Lee

        Teaching Fellow: Roberta Pigliapochi

      • Discussion Paper 1 File

        Student presenter: Levin, Bailey

      • Discussion Paper 2 File

        Student Presenter: Perea del Angel, Ana

      • Review Paper File

        Student presenter: Levin/Perea del Angel

      • Topic Syllabus File

        Please review prior to class.

      • Slides File

    • November 19, 2025, 9:30-12:30 Human Genetics

      • Instructor: Kushal Dey

        Teaching Fellow: Roberta Pigliapochi

      • Discussion Paper File

        Student Presenter: Prabakaran, Adithya


      • Review Paper1 File

        Student Presenter: Prabakaran, Adithya

      • Review Paper 2 File

        Student Presenter: Prabakaran, Adithya

      • Topic Syllabus File

        Please review prior to class.

      • Slides File

    • November 20, 2025, 9:30-12:30 Genetic Screening Core

      • Instructor: Ralph Garippa

        Teaching Fellow: Inbal Caspi

      • Topic Syllabus File

        Please review prior to class.

      • Slides File

    • November 21, 2025, 9:30-12:30 Protein Engineering

      • Instructor: Xinbo Yang

        Teaching Fellow: Inbal Caspi

      • Topic Syllabus File

        Please review prior to class.

      • Slides File

    • November 24, 2025, 9:30-12:30 CART Cells

      • Instructor: Karlo Perica

        Teaching Fellow: Inbal Caspi

      • Discussion Paper File

        Student Presenter: Ta, Christina

      • Topic Syllabus File

        Please review prior to class.

      • Slides File

    • November 25, 2025, 9:30-12:30 - Group Project

      • Instructor: Inbal Caspi

      • Topic Syllabus File

        Please review prior to class.

      • Slides File

    • December 1, 2025, 7:00-8:00 AM Robotic Surgery Tour

      • Teaching Fellow: Inbal Caspi

        Please wear comfortable clothing and sneakers, and leave valuables at home.  Meet at 7:00 am in the 6th floor cafeteria, main hospital.


    • December 1, 2025, 9:30-12:30 Cell Therapies

      • Instructor: Lorenz Studer

        Teaching Fellow: Inbal Caspi

        Class in Z668

      • Slides File

    • December 2, 2025, 9:30-12:30 Stem Cell Therapy Clinical Trial

      • Instructor: Viviane Tabar

        Teaching Fellow: Inbal Caspi

        Class in Z668

      • Discussion Paper File

        Student Presenter: Tarrab, Stephanie

      • Required Paper File

        Student Presenter: Tarrab, Stephanie

      • Topic Syllabus File

        Please review prior to class.

      • Slides File

    • December 3, 2025: 10:00-11:00 Biotherapies Core Tour

      • Tours from 10:00-11:00

        Meet at ZRC 7th Floor South

    • December 4, 2025, 9:30-12:30 Tissue Engineering

      • Instructor: Magdalini Panagiotakopoulos

        Teaching Fellow: Inbal Caspi

      • Discussion Paper File

        Student Presenter:  Cherkas, Shelby

      • Topic Syllabus File

        Please review prior to class.


    • December 5, 2025, 9:30-12:30 Project Preparation/Discussion

      • Instructor: Inbal Caspi

        Teaching Fellow: Inbal Caspi